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Objective Headers and Homework Headers (Color Splash)

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NOTE: These headers are NOT editable. The header titles were created with clip art and not a font. These headers now come in 3 variations: Objectives, Learning Goals, and Learning Targets. These objective headers with a slight splash of color

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Bloom's Buttons

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(Partially Editable- You can add your own questions.) Incorporate Bloom's Taxonomy language and questioning in your daily lessons with this set of Bloom's Button Question Cards. Great to use with any fictional read aloud. Have students take a

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Reading

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Poetry Journal: Templates to Teach Poetry

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A teacher and student friendly poetry unit that will make learning about poetry a simple and fun learning experience for students. There are a total of 12 poem templates and a description page for each of the poem types. The pages can simply get

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Poetry

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$Math Fact Punch Cards with Minute Drills$

Math Fact Punch Cards with Minute Drills

By Colleen Alaniz

Math Punch Cards are included for numbers 0-12 for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are also 3 mixed reviews included for each operation. These cards are a simple way to track your students' mastery of their math facts.

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Basic Operations

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Love Monster Craftivity

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A Fun-Filled Love Monster Activity for Valentine's Day. Students will design their own Love Monster using the provided monster patterns. Activity also includes: * I Monstrously Love... Heart Writing Template (with/without lines) younger students

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Valentine's Day

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Bloom's Buttons:Nonfiction Neons

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Book Bucks Reading Incentive

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Students can write a book blurb to earn book bucks in the classroom. This packet contains: * Book Bucks- $1, $5, $10, $20, $50 (The money is a black-line master, so you can copy it on your choice of paper/cardstock. This will also save on color

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Reading

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Miss Nelson is Missing Literacy Companion

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Miss Nelson is Missing is a fun picture book by Harry Allard. Young students will find this story easy to connect to and will relate to themes such as respect, kindness, fairness, responsibility, and teamwork. This resource contains several highly

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English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

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2^nd, 3^rd

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Level UP: A Guided Reading Tool

By Colleen Alaniz

This resource is designed to be used as a tool for Guided Reading. It is a quick reference guide to give you an idea of a few reading behaviors you should expect to see at each of the Fountas and Pinnell reading levels. The file has been updated

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Balanced Literacy

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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch: Story Activies

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A set of 4 literacy activities to accompany the heart warming story, Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli. Fun-filled activities to go along with a great Valentine's Day read aloud. Included: Character Traits Activity Story

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English Language Arts, Reading, Valentine's Day

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Ice-Cream Scoop Comprehension Strategies

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Comprehension Skills/Strategies- The large ice-cream cone makes a fantastic visual in the classroom. There are a total of 15 skills and strategies included in this set. There is also a mini scoop page containing all the scoops, so students can

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Reading, Reading Strategies

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Parts of Speech Posters (Color Splash)

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10 bright, colorful parts of speech posters for the classroom. - noun - pronoun - proper noun (just added) - verb - adjective - adverb - preposition - conjunction - interjection - article (just added) Each poster contains a student friendly

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English Language Arts, Grammar

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Monster Themed Classroom Goodies

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If you are looking for adorable monsters...this is for you! This monster themed set includes: - Classroom Mon-Star Sign - Monster Folder Cover: Monsters Organize Neatly So That Everything's Ready - Welcome Banner - Voice Level Chart (2 versions) -

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Specialty, Classroom Management

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Writing Piece of the Month

By Colleen Alaniz

This resource is designed to give students fun opportunities to write while exposing them to a variety of writing genres and great literature. There is a writing piece per month that can be saved and compiled into a writing portfolio at the end of

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Creative Writing, Writing

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Printables

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Leo Lionni B-M-E Story Maps

By Colleen Alaniz

This Leo Lionni author study features story maps for 8 of Lionni's popular picture books (books not included). The stories featured are: Fish is Fish It's Mine An Extraordinary Egg Frederick A Color of His Own Swimmy Cornelius Alexander and the

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Reading, Literature

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1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Sight Word Rings (Editable)

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These colorful sight word rings are sure to brighten your classroom. This file is EDITABLE, so you can enter your own list of words. If you use the First 300 Fry Words, then no need to purchase this. You can get the First 300 Fry Words in more

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Other (ELA)

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100th Day of School: If I Were 100

By Colleen Alaniz

A fun activity for the 100th Day of School. Included: * Fill-in-the-blank story and self portrait (at age 100) * I am 100 Days Smarter Coloring Page

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How To Writing: How To Make a Banana Split

By Colleen Alaniz

This resource was designed to introduce little ones to How-To writing. What's Included? *Black line masters to create a How-To Steps poster (can be run on neon card stock) *How-To Make a Banana Split Writing Paper *Open Ended How-To Writing

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Writing-Expository

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Lesson

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Texas-Sized Fractured Fairy Tales

By Colleen Alaniz

This unit features fractured fairy tales with a Texas flavor. A Comparison Graphic Organizer is included and can be used to compare/contrast all of the stories below. Printable activities are included to accompany the following read alouds (The

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Reading

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Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

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Decoding Strategy Posters with Decoding Dot Mini Version

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This resource contains: - 8 Decoding Posters (black lined borders, colored lined borders, and borderless) - Decoding Dots Mini Versions (great for guided reading) - Decoding Strategy Reference Page (great for student to keep in a Daily Folder, so

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Reading Strategies

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Posters

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I am a first grade teacher from the great state of Texas! I started in 4th grade, but have found my niche in first grade. I love what I do and each and every day is a brand new adventure!

MY TEACHING STYLE

Balanced Literacy Classroom with children actively involved in the learning process! Hands and Minds on!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies; Texas State Board for Educator Certification- Generalist EC-4

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Check out my blog at totallyterrificintexas.com

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Graphing, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Biology, Earth Sciences, Social Studies - History, Elections - Voting, Computer Science - Technology, Other (Specialty), Other (Social Studies - History), Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Products For TpT Sellers, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, End of Year

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